The Italian Competition Authority has closed an antitrust investigation into the alleged anticompetitive exchange of information by 16 operators in the long-term car rental market and their industry association.

Tale sistema di "private antitrust enforcement", di natura civilistica, si aggiunge e si coordina con i sistemi già esistenti di public enforcement del diritto della concorrenza...

On 20 November last, for the second time in less than a month, the Italian Antitrust Authority started an investigation under article 101 of the TFUE in respect of the pricing and commercial policy adopted by Enervit (a leading supplier of food supplements for sports, fitness and well-being related nutrition needs) vis-à-vis its online and traditional retailers as well as wholesalers.

Telecom Italia’s Alice 20Mega offer has been blocked by a decision of the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio (No. RG 4376/2006, hereinafter the "Decision").

Development of Italy’s southern regions has always been a key element of the Italian economic policy, and state aid acts as the main tool of this policy. Under the scrutiny of the European Commission, state aid has avoided becoming mere financial dumping but, instead, has emerged as a rather powerful incentive to increase competitiveness.

On August 2, 2017, the Italian Parliament approved the Law on Market and Competition, which provided a new set of pre-merger filing thresholds.

Sustainability is critical at all levels of the food and agri sector, from water conservation, fertilizer and pesticide development and usage by growers to processing, transportation, distribution and waste management.

On 22 May 2023, the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") published a communication (the "Communication") to define the procedural application of Article 14-quater of the Italian Competition law...

The Italian Competition and Market Authority ("AGCM" or "Authority") has closed an investigation launched in July 2021 against McDonald's Development Italy LLC ("McDonald's") regarding an alleged violation...

In a judgment published on 15 February 2023, the Italian Council of State definitely upheld the 2018 Italian Competition Authority decision which found that the management of copyright and of plagiarism protection services ...

Azione di ripetizione dell'indebito in costanza del rapporto di conto corrente bancario (conto c.d. aperto): l'azione di ripetizione dell'indebito ai sensi dell'art.

Corte di Cassazione, 20 luglio 2023, n. 21821 – cessione dei crediti in blocco ed onere della prova: in tema di cessione in blocco dei crediti da parte della banca ex art.

In less than two decades the practice known as ambush marketing has resulted in a major threat to IP rights. All events, be it entertainment or sports, followed by a significant audience have to cope with those smart guys, not willing to afford costly financial involvement as sponsors, but keen on benefiting from the event's resonance.

The Annual Law on Market and Competition for 2021 No. 118/2022 (Law on Competition) entered into force on 27 August 2022, introducing new provisions also pertaining to the electronic communications sector.

On 24 March 2022, the Lazio Regional Administrative Tribunal/Court annulled the January 2021 decision of the Italian Competition Authority in which CTS Eventim-Ticket One was fined 10.9 million euros after it was found to have abused ...

The Italian Competition Authority has imposed a €60 million fine on Unilever's Italian subsidiary Algida, which sells impulse ice creams, for having implemented a complex system of exclusivity clauses and rebate schemes...

Why a flexible and dynamic release clause may become a tool for a new contractual balance.